Field huts and hides have been built on Bird Island, Signy Island and Alexander Island, and on two islands close to Rothera in Ryder Bay, Lagoon Island and Léonie Island.

Since its inception the British Antarctic Survey has occupied 19 research stations. The stations no longer in use are managed according to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.

BAS also operates Ny-Ålesund research station in the Arctic, on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).